Pittsburgh has superstar Sidney Crosby back in its lineup and they look poised to continue their assault on the rest of the league as they challenge for top spot all year. On the latest Stanley Cup futures list at the Bodog Sportsbook the Penguins are alone as a 6/1 favorite to take a second Cup in the past four years.

The Chicago Blackhawks have made gains in both the standings and the Stanley Cup futures over the past two weeks, as they’re now behind just the Pittsburgh Penguins and the Washington Capitals on that NHL wagering list.

The Pittsburgh Penguins collected 14 points in their first 10 games of the season despite the absence of some star players; that’s impressed the sportsbooks enough to put them tied atop the Stanley Cup futures list with the Washington Capitals right now.

The sportsbooks have spoken, and it’s the Vancouver Canucks that they have atop their Stanley Cup odds board heading into the start of the NHL’s regular-season schedule.

The Canucks open the 2011/12 NHL season as the 7/1 favorite at the Bodog Sportsbook to take that one last step and win the Stanley Cup this time around – they were knocked off in the finals by the Boston Bruins last season.

Roberto Luongo has been a wall in Vancouver and a sieve in Boston – the Canucks need him back to his wall ways as they battle injuries and a surging Bruins team in Game 7 of the Stanley Cup final.

Luongo was yanked again in Game 6, but he has only given up a single goal in three home games in this series. That keeps the total low at 5 (we like the UNDER) and has created a Luongo prop at Bodog (will he be yanked is a 5/1 longshot bet).

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